Trade Reports from trading nothing - my TRADE UP to a Rolls Royce or a Bentley! - TRADING UP

Trade... 34! (Trade 34)

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:35:00 GMT

It's been, oh... over six months since my last post! Good grief! Not too long then. [...]

On Your Bike (Trade 33)

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:25:00 GMT

So I moved down to Bristol in the New Year for a new job, and for a week I crashed out at my brother's pad. [...]

Radio City Moo-sic Hall (Trade 32)

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:57:00 GMT

I just googled "wood sculpture", literally just now... and in fourth spot is Stefanie Rocknak's website. [...]

Sheffield Rules (Trade 31)

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:26:00 GMT

"PS I've got Sheffield FC in the FA Cup next week - the oldest football club in the world. I'm on the line..." [...]

A Long Way To Tipperary (Trade 30)

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:01:00 GMT

I'd known for over a year that felting artist Emma Allott in Tipperary was interested in doing a trade... [...]

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Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:04:00 GMT

Nope, I still can't think of a good heading for this post. That'll just have to do. [...]

Ela Jest Cool! (Trades 27 and 28)

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:20:00 GMT

Two and a half hours on a plane from Birmingham to Warsaw... [...]

A Boomerang Trade (Trades 25 and 26)

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:15:00 GMT

London-based artist Tina Mammoser had wanted to trade with me for a while... she just wasn't sure what to trade me! [...]

Make It Speedy (Trade 24)

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:09:00 GMT

This trade was, let me see, about... almost 22 months in the making! [...]

The Singing Referee (Trade 23)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:30:00 GMT

I've been a little quiet lately, preoccupied with relocating and starting a new job. I am now a car crash test dummy. I enjoy it, so far, but I haven't really been tested yet... [...]

Slainte (Trade 22)

Tue, 27 May 2008 23:10:00 GMT

Yesterday afternoon I traded the Genuine Tigerdog 'Lucky' Hair (Limited Edition bag 3 of 42,507!) for... four used pint glasses (plus four beer mats) (or cider mats come to think of it). [...]

Vive Les Bleus (Trade 21)

Mon, 12 May 2008 23:57:00 GMT

Sarah LeMieux's offer arrived by email on March 23rd, 2008... [...]

Silver and Gold (Trade 20)

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:12:00 GMT

In April last year Lancashire Evening Post journalist Melanie Wallwork asked me over the phone how many trades I thought it would take to trade up from nothing to my target luxury car. [...]

What, No Fava Beans?! (Trade 19)

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:36:00 GMT

Just a few photographs in this post. [...]

Izzy Does It! (Trade 18)

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:36:00 GMT

Ever since you put Jody's songwriting trade up I wanted to do this trade: Jody is a friend, and someone that has a clear vision of music and the music industry, and where the future is. And since this trade was open to *anyone*, I thought 'why not?' [...]

Luke Again (Trade 17)

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:11:00 GMT

John made his move for Speedy the Llama on December 5th, 2007, submitting his offer with the form: [...]

Bubbles To Balloons (Trade 16)

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:18:00 GMT

This trade was almost a year in the making. [...]

Paws For Thought... ZZZZ... ZZ... ZZZ... Z... ZZZZZ... (Trade 15)

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:44:00 GMT

This one started with this message in my Inbox on October 4th, 2007. [...]

The Triangle Trade (Trade 14)

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:46:00 GMT

I already knew Bohemian Geek Soul singer-songwriter Jody Gnant was a big part of the one red paperclip story, that Kyle had accepted her offer of a year's free rent in her downtown Phoenix apartment in exchange for time in a recording studio, which was exactly what Jody needed at the time. [...]

Make Mine A Double Please!! (Trades 12 and 13)

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:57:00 GMT

This was my first double swap!! [...]

Day Tripper (Trade 11)

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

For Trade 11 I travelled further out my way than for any trade to date [...]

Spaghetti Soup (Trade 10)

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 23:23:00 GMT

I had some interesting soup for lunch today, kindly provided by my former landlady Kate. Home made spaghetti soup. That's full-length spaghetti. And a chicken drumstick was dropped in too. And I was told to make do with the spoon provided, or do without [...]

A Choose Day Trade (Trade 9)

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:03:00 GMT

Poor title, I know. Really poor. Probably my worst yet even. [...]

Mooooo (Trade 8)

Sat, 26 May 2007 11:26:00 GMT

This was a cow trade. [...]

Roy Keane. And My Hole In One! And Trade 7. (Trade 7)

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:59:00 GMT

Trade 7 had been brewing for months. [...]

Back To The Future (Trade 6)

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:06:00 GMT

had some interesting soup for lunch today, kindly provided by my former landlady Kate. Home made spaghetti soup. That's full-length spaghetti. And a chicken drumstick was dropped in too. And I was told to make do with the spoon provided, or do without. [...]

RedBack Is... Back!!! (Trade 5)

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 22:59:00 GMT

This is not a joke. [...]

Out Of The Grey (Trade 4)

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:35:00 GMT

Another Trade, Another Country (Trade 3)

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:55:00 GMT

Yes folks, Trade 3 took place last Saturday in Ireland. [...]

A Very Important Bottle Opener (Trade 2)

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:23:00 GMT

Speeding along a Lancashire country road (and not exceeding the speed limit of course!), I was thinking about the craziness of this dash to a trade. In the boot of my trusty rusty old car was a bottle opener which, if you saw it in a car boot sale, well it wouldn't exactly strike you as being a "must have!" object (I'm sure previous owner Spiros would concur). But now someone, who I hadn't yet even met, had a strong desire to be the next owner. [...]

Greece Is The Word (Trade 1)

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:33:00 GMT

Yes you've guessed right, I was in Greece, on the Ionian Island of Zakinthos (also know as Zante, courtesy of the Venetians) where the temperature hit high 30's every day. [...]